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ANDREW HUSZAR
PHOTOGRAPHY
Andy Huszar with Brooke Vincent
Wayne English - Rochdale Hornets v Newcastle about steam trains.
Show Jumping - Broad Carr Equestrian, Milnrow from kick off.
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ALPHA
over twenty five years
ON dale STREET
milnrow
ndrew Huszar has always had a camera in
his hands for as long as he can remember,
Aso it’s little wonder that he set up his own British Super Bikes - Shane ‘Shaky’ Burns
business – Alpha Photography – in 1987.
Andy’s even produced a pet portrait for Lisa loads of pics and she asked about pet portraits.
Alpha began on Rochdale market where Andy, Stansfield – before she became famous – and I photographed her cat the next day. She went
57, stayed for nine years before moving his filmed the first-ever rugby league match at on to have her number one single, ‘All Around
business to Dale Street in Milnrow. His the ‘new’ Wembley Stadium which opened in The World’ and no-one had a photo of her, but
cameras of preference are Fuji, Nikon and Canon 2007, the English schools curtain riser. I did.”
– each with a specific purpose.
“It was red hot, a fantastic atmosphere. I’m very Of his extensive career, he said: “It’s been
Over the last 35 years, he has photographed privileged and lucky to have stood on the same good, very adventurous. It does have quiet
and filmed thousands of weddings, and sports turf as all the greats.” moments but when I’ve thought about
from football and rugby matches to cricket, trials throwing the towel in, another door opens.
bikes and equestrian. These days, he’s also taken He continued: “When I first started out, I did a
up photographing birds and is working on a DVD couple of nights at a nightclub and Lisa came “Someone up there doesn’t want me to put my
in one night with a group of people. I took camera down yet!”
In February 2022, Andy was named the
official club videographer for Wakefield. He
filmed and photographed Rochdale AFC games
for about 10 years plus 23 seasons at Rochdale
Hornets.
He also believes he has captured two
unconfirmed world records on film – the
fastest ever try in a rugby game between
Oldham and Doncaster, and a try scored
by Rochdale against Swinton when the ball
bounced kindly for Rochdale to run onto straight
Tornado in the Mach Loop in Wales
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